2009 New Jersey Code
TITLE 40A - MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES
Section 40A:9
40A:9-1.6 - Unavailability of qualified residents for available specific positions or employments;  appointment of other qualified applicants; preference schedule;  conditions of employment;  notice to and classification by civil service commission

40A:9-1.6.  Unavailability of qualified residents for available specific positions or employments;  appointment of other qualified applicants; preference schedule;  conditions of employment;  notice to and classification by civil service commission
    Any local unit which has adopted an ordinance or resolution, as the case may  be, pursuant to section 1 of this act, shall provide therein that whenever the  governing body, or appointing authority, shall determine that there cannot be  recruited a sufficient number of qualified residents for available specific  positions or employments, the local unit shall advertise for other qualified  applicants.  The local unit, or the hiring authority thereof, shall thereupon  classify all qualified applicants for such positions or employments so  determined in the following manner:

    a.  In the case of municipalities:

     (1) Other residents of the county in which the municipality is situate.

     (2) Other residents of counties contiguous to the county in which the municipality is situate.

     (3) Other residents of the State.

     (4) All other applicants.

     b.  In the case of counties:

     (1) Other residents of contiguous counties.

     (2) Other residents of the State.

     (3) All other qualified applicants.

     The hiring authority shall first appoint all those in class 1 and then those  in each succeeding class in the order above listed and shall appoint a person  or persons in any such class only to a position or positions, or employment or  employments, remaining after all qualified applicants in the preceding class or  classes have been appointed or have declined an offer of appointment.  The  preference established by this section shall in no way diminish, reduce or  affect the preferences granted pursuant to any other provisions of the law.  A  local unit which has recruited and hired officers and employees under the  provisions of this section may require such officers and employees, as a  condition of their continued employment, to become bona fide residents thereof.   Such a requirement shall be specified at the time of appointment and a  reasonable amount of time granted for such officers and employees to become  bona fide residents of the local unit. The Civil Service Commission shall,  upon any subsequent notice of the determination of the governing body or the  hiring authority of any such local unit wherein Title 11 (Civil Service) of the  Revised Statutes is operative that such preference schedule shall be applicable  for any specific position or employment, classify all applicants for such  position or employment accordingly.

     L.1978, c. 63, s. 4, eff. June 30, 1978.
 

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